Development
- Main article: Thresh (Development)
- Thresh is voiced by Mark Oliver, who also voices , , and 5Thresh in Legends of Runeterra.[1][2]
- Thresh's Japanese voice actor is Ryūzaburō Ōtomo, who also voiced Japanese .[3]
- Thresh used to start with one extra V9.20 in preparation for the release of . as an easter egg if he was in the same game as , but this was removed on patch
Universe
- Main article: Thresh (Character)
- Thresh is between 1050 – 1100 years old, born at some point before the Ruination of the Blessed Isles.
- After the events of Rise of the Sentinels, Thresh is now from the Shadow Isles and is able to steal souls across Runeterra.
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: Thresh (League of Legends)
- Thresh is one of 15 champions that have an ability that infinitely stacks an effect:
- In Thresh's case, ability power and armor. infinitely stacks his
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- Thresh's name originated from the verb for harvesting (souls).[4]
- He may also be named after Dennis 'Thresh' Fong, who popularized WASD movement keys and is considered the first professional gamer.
- Thresh was the first champion to:
- Be released in 2013.
- Cost 7800 on first week after release.
- Feature ranged non-projectile basic attacks.
- Feature an attack windup modifier (of 0.25).
- Feature a Respawn animation on the Classic skin.
- Thresh and ranged tanks before having their roles changes in 2013. used to be the only champions classified as
- Thresh has three different sets of basic attack animations depending on how far he is from the target he is hitting (melee, mid-range, full attack range).
- Thresh's dance references Poi dancing (he swings his and , or his scythe and the lantern's hook if he cast before dancing).
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- is the eldest ability that grants an allied displacement.
- Thresh's theme references Rain Rain Go Away and/or Ring a Ring o' Roses.
- Death Recap used to read "You have opened . Your prize: death".
- If quest will trigger. This in-game quest consists in one killing the other to earn the opposing champion's stack of souls.[5] and Thresh are played on opposing teams, a
Quotes
- Main article: Thresh (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "I am the thing under the bed." references ▶️ "No, I do not live under a bed... fool!" and the bogeyman.
- Thresh shares quotes with:
- ▶️ "Poor lost souls. I must save them all from themselves" quotes ▶️ "Poor lost souls."
- ▶️ "Me, mad? (laughs) They have no idea" quotes ▶️ "Me, mad? Haha, quite likely."
- ▶️ "A wandering soul" refers to the skin .
Skins
- Main article: Thresh (Collection)
- His kusarigama. resembles a
- He might be referencing Hellraiser by Clive Barker ( used to be called 'Keeper of Lost Souls').
- is the default skin for Thresh in Wild Rift.
- This skin shares the Forgotten Depths theme with:
- He references Davy Jones' Locker.
- He resembles Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean.
- He has two Captain Morgan pose, another where he pulls out a tire and slumps in disappointment). animations (one where he pulls out a treasure chest and strikes the
- This skin shares the World Championship theme with:
- ...and others
- He was released in celebration of the start of the Season 3 World Championship.
- He references the Roman III (tails on his robe, dreadlocks on his head, crest on his back, his pieces).
- This skin shares the Blood Moon theme with:
- ...and others
- The mask he is wearing references the ones used in Japanese Noh theater.
- The visual effects for Giygas from Mother. shield resemble
- This skin shares the World Champions: 2014 theme with:
- He was released in celebration of Samsung Galaxy White winning the Season Four World Championship along with:
- He represents Mata.
- He pulls out a Summoner's Cup in his animation.
- This skin shares the Dark Star theme with:
- ...and others
- He references cosmicism by H. P. Lovecraft.
- He uses a Frog in one of his animations, along with and .
- The frog is teleported to the old as can be seen here.
- He features in the Dark Star: Singularity featured game mode.
- He briefly transforms after hitting an enemy with .
- This skin shares the High Noon theme with:
- ...and others
- He was released along with:
- This skin shares the Pulsefire theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Pulsefire theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the World Champions: 2019 theme with:
- He was released in celebration of FunPlus Phoenix winning the Season 2019 World Championship along with:
- This skin seems to have been inspired by popular Japanese superhero TV shows such as Super Sentai and Kamen Rider.
- He represents Crisp.
- The idea for the thought up by Crisp himself and displays his signature. animation was
- This skin shares the Spirit Blossom theme with:
- ...and others
- He represents the Collector, a spiteful demon in Ionian mythology that tortures souls for eternity in the afterlife.
- He represents the Spirit of Obsession in the Spirit Blossom festival.
- The skin started as an epic skin before being made into a legendary to fit the fantasy of a shape-shifting demon.[6]
- This is the first Thresh skin where he has a human-like appearance.
- His transformation into human-like form happens after collecting 45 soul with and then using . Afterwards he can toggle between his human and demon form at will.
- This skin shares the Ruined theme with:
- This skin represents Thresh's canonical appearance after the events of Rise of the Sentinels, after unbinding himself from the Shadow Isles.
- This is the first time where Thresh's canonical human appearance is seen in-game, and the second skin overall after .
- This skin was created to be Thresh's default appearance in League of Legends: Wild Rift instead of to give the game an appropriate age rating for most age groups, but was also used to represent a canonical development with Thresh's story.[7]
- This skin shares the Dragonmancers theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Lunar Revel theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Winterblessed theme with:
- ...and others